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Sunday, 12 May 2013

Suddenly Royal by Nichole Chase

Reviewed by Donna 4 Stars

To be
honest, I didn’t realise what I was buying, I just love Nichole Chase so it was
an instant 1 click!!!!…so even though this was a bit out of my normal reading
genre I read it anyways and boy was I surprised!! I actually googled Lilaria as
my geography is crap just in case it did exist but alas it doesn’t L but I
wouldn’t mind going there on holiday lol!!

Sam was a
student currently completing her masters degree as a biologist (something that
she inherited from her late mother) she was doing brilliantly on her program
and juggling this and looking after her step-father (who she adored) who was
ill with cancer. She is extremely intelligent, loves her work and her birds,
loves her step-father, is cool headed but feisty, knows what she wants and goes
all out to get it. She is however reserved to a certain degree and likes to
keep herself to herself..she has a bit of armour there.

Her life
is totally turned upside down when she is summonsed to dinner by a Duchess from
Lilaria who informs her that she has been sent by the Queen to ask her to come
back to Lilaria and reclaim her title and land etc that is hers. Apparently,
many years ago, her family (the Rousseaus) left Lilaria during an uprising and
the Queen has been trying to trace all descendants so that she can reinstate
the name and give back the rightful heirs what is theirs. On this visit the
Duchess is accompanied by the Crown Prince Alex, also aptly nick named by Sam’s
best friend as “Prince Yummy”.

As you
can imagine, Sam is scared, she is expected to go to a strange country and
manage her little piece of the kingdom, bring it back to life..it has been
ticking over for years by people that have been looking after it but the Queen
wants Lilaria to be brought back to life and feels that Sam is the woman for
job. Prince Yummy is on hand to talk all this through with Sam and as they
share the love of birds too they have a lot in common, including a very strong
mutual attraction!!

The deal
sealer for Sam is the fact that her step father can receive better care over
there and so Sam agrees to pack up and leave America for Lilaria.

Alex, is
gorgeous, he is smooth, romantic, caring and charming and just down right
utterly and utterly perfect…he has a rep as a bit of a playboy but Sam
soon realises that this is not true, she realises how the press can blow things
out of all proportion. She soon realises that Alex was actually hurt in love
and for him the love and attention he is showing her is not the norm and that
they do actually have something special developing between them.

This book
takes you through Sam moving to Lilaria and her coming to terms with her new
life and love..the side characters in this book are fab, I love her best friend
Jess and her other half and I have such a soft spot for her PA Chadwick (he is
gay and hilarious)…he makes her see the light..such a great scene…

Chadwick
– “Don’t tell me. Tell him. Everyone has baggage Samantha. His just happens to
be very public. He needs someone who will be with him that he can trust. He
needs someone who isn’t going to use him or let him forget that he is human”
Chadwick reached over and poked my shoulder “He needs you”

Sam –
“You just poked me” I looked at his finger

Chadwick
– “I did. I poked a Duchess” he snorted “That’s a first”

This was
such a refreshing read, totally different, a little bit of make believe…I have
read somewhere that this is “the adult version of the princess diaries” I have
not seen or heard of this so cannot make any comparison but it is a bit of a
Cinderella love story that I fell in love with. There are some great love
scenes with Alex and Sam so deffo not for younger readers lol!!

I did
feel that the ending was a bit rushed and would actually ask for a sequel, I
would love to see what happens to Alex and Sam going forward as I personally
feel that their story is only just beginning.

Loved
it..totally different, but still loved it..reminds me of being a child again!

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